CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-33073
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control Vulnerability — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows SMB Client contains an improper access control vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation. An attacker could execute a specially crafted malicious script to coerce the victim machine to connect back to the attack system using SMB and authenticate.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-10-20
- Remediation due
- 2025-11-10
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-33073 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33073
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-06-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
Improper access control in Windows SMB allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.21034)
• microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.8148)
• microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.7434)
• microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.5965)
• microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.5965)
• microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.5472)
• microsoft windows 11 23h2 (< 10.0.22631.5472)
• microsoft windows 11 24h2 (< 10.0.26100.4270)
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.8148)
• microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.7434)
• microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.3745)
• microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.1665)
• microsoft windows server 2025 (< 10.0.26100.4270)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33073 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-33073-detection-script-improper-access-control-in-windows-smb-affects-microsoft-products Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-33073-mitigation-script-improper-access-control-in-windows-smb-affects-microsoft-products Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-33073 US Government Resource